When I started the Wildlife Friends Foundation in 2001 a lot of my friends and family said I was crazy, this kind of work was something for professionals and not for me. I still agree with one of the points they made, I am indeed crazy, crazy enough about animals…
Over the last few weeks we have seen a huge influx in wild animals in need of help particularly primates. Since the 1st of March we have rescued 33 animals, most of which are not release candidates so will require life-long care at the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre. Earlier today…
Here is the story of Somsri. A female Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) who is five-and-a-half-years old. The ‘owner’ of Somsri contacted WFFT to ask if we could provide a home for her after realising that they did not have the correct legal paperwork to keep her. She was kept for…
Meet ‘Ground’ the 8-month-old juvenile long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis). She was brought to us from Chonburi by a lady who was keeping her as a pet and was concerned about legal issues with a wild animal. We have received an endless amount of reports of animals in need since the…
This week a man brought two very young and weak infant Bengal slow lorises (Nycticebus bengalensis) into the WFFT Widlife Rescue Centre. He had heard about these animals being sold to Japanese tourists who had planned to illegally smuggle them to Japan and keep them as pets. They were purchased…
Recently, following the Mali case making headlines in the press, we received a lot of phone calls from people who learned that the possession of any wildlife is against the law in Thailand , even monkeys. Concerned by this knowledge owners realise they shouldn’t keep their pets just because they…
คำแถลงการณ์จากมูลนิธิเพื่อนสัตว์ป่า เรื่อง ลิงแสม “มะลิ” • เมื่อวันที่ 20 มกราคม 2561 ทางมูลนิธิได้รับการติดต่อจากเจ้าของลิงว่า มีสัตว์ป่าคุ้มครองชนิด ลิงแสม เพศเมีย ชื่อ มะลิ อายุ 3 ปี ต้องการมอบให้ทางมูลนิธิรับมาดูแล เนื่องจากลิงเริ่มมีอาการดุร้ายและกัดเจ้าของ บางครั้งมีอาการซึมเศร้า และเกรงว่ามะลิจะทำร้ายคนอื่นอีก อีกทั้งต้องการให้มะลิมีเพื่อน และมีความเป็นอยู่ที่ดีขึ้น • ทีมสัตวแพทย์ของทางมูลนิธิจึงเดินทางเข้าไปรับลิง ในวันที่ 21 มกราคม 2561 พบลิงแสมเพศเมีย รูปร่างอ้วน มีอาการเครียด ถูกล่ามเชือกไว้บริเวณเอวผูกกับต้นไม้ เจ้าของให้ข้อมูลว่า ได้ซื้อมะลิมาเมื่อ 3 ปีที่แล้ว โดยปกติมะลิจะถูกล่ามเชือกไว้ที่หน้าบ้านตอนกลางวัน ในเวลากลางคืนจะนำมะลิเข้าไปนอนในบ้านด้วยกัน และเคยฉีดยาคุมให้มะลิ 2 ครั้ง เพื่อลดความก้าวร้าว • เจ้าของได้เดินทางมาส่งมะลิด้วยกับทีมสัตวแพทย์ในวันนั้น มะลิถูกจัดอยู่ในกรง ในโซนเขตกักโรคเป็นเวลา 4 สัปดาห์ก่อน…
Remember Mali, a female long-tailed macaque rescued last month (full story here: https://www.wfft.org/wildlife-general/rescued-pet-mali-arrives-wfft-centre/), well, after a stay in our quarantine area (where all of our residents make a temporary stay) for observation and to adjust to her new environment, she has been moved to the side enclosure of the big…
Earlier last week, one of our precious residents, a blonde white-handed gibbon who has been happily living with her partner on a gibbon island at WFFT's Project 4, gave birth. April (find her full story here: www.wfft.org/primates/four-new-primates-in-april/) in now a first time mommy! Despite the fact she arrived when she…
Here is an update on little Pearl, the orphan macaque who was handed over to WFFT just last week. We assume she is still missing her mother but she is surprisingly settling in well with her new surrogate parents at the WFFT Wildlife Hospital. She loves to cuddle her teddies…
We told you earlier in the week about Pearl's story (the baby long-tailed macaque), Moira was owned by the same person. So, she arrived at the same time. On her arrival the WFFT Vet team realized that the Loris brought was a Pygmy Loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus). They are a seriously…
A year and a half ago, a male long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) named Ooo (regarding the sounds he is making) was 'adopted' by a local family. They got Ooo after his mother had died. The poor orphan monkey would have been a similar age to Pearl when he was taken…
WFFT's rescued great apes Maggie and Chico are on the move 2018! Since their arrival in 2016 they have been going to forest school sessions in the Khao Luk Chang Temple forest close to the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre. As they become larger and get closer to adulthood we must…
Recently the WFFT Wildlife Hospital Rescue Team were called by a local woman working at Khao Yoi Temple about a female long-tailed macaque who fell from a tree and could not move. The macaque in question had a young infant so the situation was even more urgent. When the Rescue…
Just few weeks old! Separated from her mother! Took away from a life that every wild animal should have: away from human abuses... That is the sad story of our new rescue. We cannot say that we are happy to introduce you 'Pearl', a so cute female baby long-tailed macaque…
Last month we told you the story of a young female long-tailed macaque who had been hit by a car (https://www.wfft.org/…/yesterdays-emergency-case-macaque-h…/). We named her Ursula. What happened to little Ursula is a real miracle. Very soon after her arrival she fell into a coma, the WFFT Wildlife Hospital Vet Team…
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